Translucent picture-candy



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCEe JOHN J. VAN LEEUWEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA.

TRANSLUCENT PICTURE-CANDY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,867, dated October20, 1885.

(Specimens) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J.VAN LEEUWEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain Improvements in TranslucentPicture-Candy, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide, as an article of manufacture,plates of candy having characters or figures indented in one sidethereof, so that when the candy is held up to the light the character orfigure will appear in shaded lines.

In carrying out this invention, I take thin plates or sheets of purewhite candy, about one-eighth of an inch being a suitable thickness forthe plate, and in one side thereof I form recesses or indentations whichhave any desired arrangement and depth. The mate rial being translucent,when it is held. up to the light between the eyes of the observer andthe source of light some light will pass through the material. Theindentations are of various shades.

depths, and the deep indentations form light shades and the shallowindentations form dark These indentations are arranged according to anydesired design, and. when the light is allowed to fall on the back ofthe candy the design will appear in shaded lines. Any desired charactersor figures may be made in the candy, and the picture will appear very.

distinctly and with a very soft shading.

The plates of candy may be rectangular, circular, or of any otherdesired shape.

What I claim as my invention is As an article of manufacture, atranslucent candy having characters or figures indented therein todifferent depths, so that when the candy is held up to the light thecharacter or figure will appear in shaded lines, substan- 4o tially asdescribed.

JOHN J. VAN LEElUWEN.

Witnesses:

J AS. E. WOODFORD, A. 0. PAUL.

